Weighing-scale



A. S. VOGT.

WEIGHING SCALE.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 22, 1920.

1,347,605). Patented July 27, 1920.

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WEIG'HING SCALE.' APPLIIATION FILED JAN. 22.192,0.

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ATTORNEY A. S. VOGT.

WEIGHING SCALE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22. 1920.

Patented .Tilly 27, 1920.

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WEIGHING-SC'ALE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

y Patented J uly 27, 192.0.

Application led January 22, 1920. Serial No. 353,292.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, AxnL S. Voer, a subject of the Kingy of Sweden, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain ynew and usefuly Improvementsv in Veighing-Scalcs, of whichthe.r following is a true and: exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof.

AMyv invention relates to weighing scales,

particularly to scales such as railroad track scales, designedto weigh .very heavyweights, and which are called upon at times to weigh cars or other objects of widely dili'erent weight. Scales of the kind referred to are provided with indicating scales to be rea-d in connection with air index inger onv a sliding poise and, without making. the weighing beam and index scale impracticably long, scale can be made long enough to properly weigh all of the varying weights which come upon the scale; consequently the beams and indicating scales are made of such length and so graded that they will take care of' the ordinary weightsA which come upon the scale, and for extraordinary, or, so to speak, abnormal weigl'its, the scale beams are provided with counterpoise weights which may be applied on either side of the ulcrum of the beam and by applying or removingwhich.y the beam is made capable ofweighing such abnormally heavy weights. But where such counter weights are employed the index scale prepared 'for the normal or ordinary weights no longer showsthe actual weight and an addition equivalent to the weighing value of the counter weight must be made to the indicated. weight shown on the-index. The object of my invention is to provide beam scales having counter weight attachments with a movable index scale support, having two index` scales inscribed` upon or secured to it, and with mechanism adapted to apply or remove a counterweight from the Ascale beam and to automatically shift theindex scale-'support so that it will present to the index nger on the sliding counterpoise an index scale which will` correctly show the. weight whether the weightfis within the normal' rangeof the scale or within the excess range provided for by the manipulation` ofthe counter wei ht.

The nature. of my invention an `the mechneither the beam nor the. indicating anism devised to carry it into useful effect will be best understood as described in cony nection with the drawings in which it is illustrated and in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the upper portion of the beam scale constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2. is a view taken on the cross section line 2-2 of Fig. l on a somewhat larger scale looking toward the left.

Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3-3 ot Fig. l, on a somewhat larger scale, looking toward the left. i

Fig. 4c is a side elevation on a somewhat larger scale from Fig. l showing the counterweight raising mechanism and counterweight in elevated position.y

Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation through one of the spring containing boxes I3 to be hereafter described.

Fig. Gis an end view of the scale beam and the sliding counterpoise moving upon it, one of the brackets'supporting the index scaley support being shown as attached to the scale beam, such index scale support being shown in section, and the detent segment by which it is heldin proper registering position, being indicated partly in solid and partly in dotted lines the purpose' of the view being particularly to show the relation of the detent segment to the index scale support.

\ Fig. 7 is an elevation on a larger scale of the index support and mechanism directly connected with it. A

' Fig. 8 is an elevation showingthe application of my invention to scale constructions in which the counterpoise weight is applied at the right hand end of the scale beam, the view beingv somewhat diagrammatic.

Fig. 9 is an elevation on a larger scale. and in more detail of the mechanism indicated in Fig. 8, for raising and lowering the counterpoise, and

Fig. 10 is an end view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 9.

A is the base, or frame, upon which the scale beam is supported, A" indicating a standard secured on the base A and` supporting the knife edge block A2 at its upper end.V B and B indicatethe lon@r and, short arms of the scale beam and the knife edge pivot of the `beam which rests upon the block A2. D is an adjusting weight secured to the short arm of the scale beam.

E is a knife edge pivot secured at the end of the arm B' of the scale beam and supporting the depending rod E', having secured to its lower end a counterpoise weight E2. E3 is a second counterpoise weight to be lifted when weights above the norm alY are to be cared for and normally resting on weights E2 and raised when desired by an annular supporting ring F, attached through an arm F to a vertical slide F2, movable in guideways G in the standard G, having, as shown, a pivot pin Fi secured to it, to which is connected the link H, forming a toggle joint with the link H', which is attached to the rock shaft G2, which rock shaft has also attached to it the lever H4 to the free end of which is connected the link H3. The other end of the link H3 is attached to a lever arm J on rock shaft J, to which is also attached a lever arm J 2, best shown in Fig. 8, and an actuating level' al'ln J3, to which are attached the pins J1 and J 5 for a purpose to be hereafter described. The lever arm J2 is pivotally connected with the lower end of the link K, the upper end of which is attached to the slide K movino in a guideway L', secured to brackets L, which are attached to the standard A'. The slide K' has extending upward from it a rod K2, see Fig. 3, Supporting at its upper end the slotted plate indicated at K3. Y

N, N, etc., are a series of brackets secured to the scale beam B and serving as a support for the index support N', which is slotted, as indicated at N2, where necessary to give passage to the brackets N, and pivotally supported on said brackets through pins indicated at N3. The pivot pin l 3, at the left hand side of the index support N', is firmly secured to said support and after passing through the bracket N has secured to its left hand end the notched segment N?, having, as shown, two notches N5 and N G formed on it, and has also secured to it the lever arm N7 from the end of which extends the pin NS which lies within the slot of the plate K3, but is considerably less in diameter than the breadth or rather the depth of the slot. O is a locking pin which is pressed. against the segment N4 by al spring 0', contained in the spring box 02, which box is secured in the beam arm B.

Returning now to the actuating lever J3, and its two symmetrically disposed pins JL and J5, the lever J3, as also the levers J' and J2, are secured to a rock shaft I', which is supported in a bracket I, to which bracket, as shown, is also secured the two spring boxes I2 and I3, in which are located springs M (see Fig. 5 acting to press upward the pins M', the boxes and pins being so located that when the lever J 3 is moved toward the left its attached pin J 4 will come in contact with the pin M in the box I3, and

when turned toward the right its pin Jr will come in contact with the pin M' in the box I2.

P is a knife edge pivot secured to the arm B of the scale beam and supporting the rod P' by which connection is made to the lever system supporting the platform of the scale. Q is a sliding poise moving on the arm B of the scale bea-m, and having an index finger Q located so as to register with the scale on the scale support N'. Q2 indicate the rollers interposed between the scale beam and the sliding poise. 3, see Fig. G, is a bracket extending from the poise Q and supporting an index scale indicated at Q, on which slides a weight Q, having an index finger registering with the scale Q* in a manner which is quite usual in scales of this kind.

R is a standard at the right hand end of the platform A supporting the pivot dog B', which is used to lock the scale beam in satisfactory position when it is not in use.

Tn the modification illustrated diagrammatically in Fig. 8, and somewhat in detail in Figs. 9 and l0, the counter poise weight used for abnormally heavy weights is applied at the right hand end of the scale beam E, rE3 indicating the movable weight which is normally supported by a ring platform SG extending out from the slide S2 supported in guideways on the standard R and moved up and down by a link S4 actuated by a lever arm S3 secured to a rock shaft S2, to which is also secured a lever arm S', which, through av link S is connected to a lever arm J, J attached to the rock shaft I2 and taking the place, in which modified construction, of the lever arm J' in the construction of Fig. l. Then the weight E, E3 is lowered it rests upon a platform T3 supported by a. link T2, which, in turn, is supported on a knife edge T on the end of the scale beam B.

In operation the scale support N' is provided with two index scales Na and Nb located on ,adjacent sides of the rectangular support, and for ordinary weighing the scale support lies in such a position. that one of the index scales, N:l for instance, registers with the index finger Q' of the poise Q. As shown in the drawings, the scale is adjusted for use with normal weights, the counter poise E3 resting on the counter poise weight E2, and to adjust the scale for abnormally heavy weights the lever J3 is moved toward the rig'ht, and acting through its lever arm J', link H3, lever arm H4, rock shaft G2, lever arm` H' and link H it moves the slide F', and the attached ring platform F, upward lifting and supporting the counter Weight E3 out of contact with the counter' weight E2, thus adapting the scale for weighing heavier weights, and at the same time, this movement of the lever J3, acting through the connected lever arm J2 and link K moves the slide K upward carrying with it, of course, the arm K2 with its slotted extension K3, which acting on the pin NS at the end of the lever N7, turns the index support through a sufficient angle, 90 as shown, to bring the other index Nb into registry with the index finger on the sliding poise.

The index support is yieldingly held in its two alternative positions by the engagement of the spring actuated pin lO with the notches N5 or NG on the segment N4.

It is obviously important that the pin N shouldV not, during weighing, come in contact with the sides of the slotted plate K3, and in my construction such contact is provided against by the action of the spring actuated pins M', which as the lever J3 is moved from one position to the other are pressed down by contact with the pins JL and J5, and when the lever J3 is released by the operator act to press the lever somewhat upward, thus shifting the slottedplate l@ to a position in which the pin N8 lies midway of the slot, so that it will not come in contact with either the top or bottom of the slot in the movement of the scale beam.

In the modified construction of Figs. 8, and 10 the counter poise E, E5, is normally held out of contact with the supporting plate T3 and where abnormally heavy weights are to be cared for it is lowered into contact with this platform by the same movements already described'of the actuating lever J3. In other respects the two devices are essentially the same and need not be further described in detail.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters'Patent, is:

l. ln a beam scale having a sliding poise with an index linger and a counter poise weight by shifting which the weighing capacity of the scale can be increased, a shiftable `index scale support having two index scales, one adapted to register with the index finger on the sliding poise in one position of the support and the other to so register in another position of the support, in

Y combination with a counter poise weight lifting and lowering device, means for actuating said device and means for shifting the index scale support actuated by the mechanism which lifts and lowers the counter poise weight.

2. In a beam scale having a sliding poise with an index finger and a counter poise weight by shifting which the weighing capacity of the scale can be increased, a shiftable index scale support having two index scales, one adapted to register with the in-` dex finger on the sliding poise in one position of the support and the other to so reg.- ister in another position of the support, in

combination with a counter poise weight lifting and lowering device, means for actuating said device, means for shifting the index scale support actuated by the mechanism which lifts and lowers the counter poise weight, said means being loosely connected to the index scale support and mechanism for automatically shifting said means out of operative contact with the index scale support after it has acted to shift its posi-- tion.

In a beam scale having a sliding poise with an index finger and a counter poise weight by shifting which the weighing capacity of the scale can be increased, a shiftable index scale support having two index scales, one adapted to register with the index finger on the sliding poise in one position of the support and the other to So register in another position of the support, in combination with a counter poise weight lifting and lowering device, means for actuating said device, means for shifting the index scale support actuated by the mechanism which lifts and lowers the counterv poise weight, said means being loosely connected to the index scale support, mechanism for automatically shifting said means out of operative contact with the index scale apport. after it has acted to shift itsrposition and means for yieldingly locking the index scale support ineither of its alternative positions.

4. In a beam scale having a sliding poise with an index finger and a counter poise weight by shifting which the capacity of the scale can be increased, an index scale support pivotally secured to the scale beam and having two index scales adapted to register with the index finger on the sliding poise in alternative position of said support, mechanism for lifting and lowering the counter poise weight and simultaneously shifting the position of the index scale support, and means whereby the said support is automatically freed from operative contact with the mechanism which shifts its position at the end of each shifting movement. 

